South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first…
Jacob Zuma faces corruption trial
South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption, the BBC reports. Chief Prosecutor…
MP apologises for wife-beating comments
A Ugandan MP, who was quoted by local media last weekend saying it was okay for husbands to slap their…
Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge…
Students killed in Ethiopia bus plunge
Thirty-eight people have died in Ethiopia after the bus they were travelling in plunged off a cliff, officials say. The…
Outrage as Ugandan MP says ‘beat your wife’
A Ugandan MP has been told to apologise to victims of domestic violence after saying men should “beat” their wives.…
Lightning kills many at Rwandan church
A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on…
Shops bin meat amid SA sausage scare
Supermarkets in South Africa have been clearing a popular sausage from the shelves after it was blamed for a food…
Rwanda closes 700 churches
Authorities in Rwanda have closed more than 700 churches in the capital Kigali for failure to meet safety and hygiene…
Syrian women ‘made to trade sex for aid’
Women in Syria have been sexually exploited by men delivering aid on behalf of the UN and international charities, the…
Father’s plea to find abducted daughter
The father of a 14-year-old girl who is among 110 believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram has pleaded…
Children ‘forced to watch rape’ in South Sudan
Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says. A report…